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Photograph of Howard Hughes at Floyd Bennett Airfield, New York, July 14, 1938
Date
1938-07-14
Archival Collection
Description
The view of Howard Hughes being escorted through a crowd of attendees at the World's Fair in New York. Description printed on photograph's accompanying sheet of paper: "Press Headquarters at field where Hughes ended flight. New York City-- The Press Headquarters set up under a huge tent at Floyd Bennett Field by the New York World's Fair for the use of newspapermen "covering" the landing of Howard Hughes and his crew after their record-smashing flight around the world. Part of the great throng that welcomed the gallant fliers mills around in front of the tent. Credit Line (ACME) 7/14/38 (SS)"
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Pyramid Lake, Nevada: drawing
Date
1970
Archival Collection
Description
From the UNLV Special Collections Photograph Collection on Book Illustrations (PH-00170) -- Drawing of people camped at Pyramid Lake in Washoe County, Nevada. Handwritten on verso: "Jackson, Donald, and Mary Lee Spence, editors. Expeditions of John Charles Fremont. Vol. 1, Urbana, Chicago, and London: University of Chicago Press, 1970. p. 606." [MLA8 citation format]
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Photograph of Clayson & Griffith supply store, Las Vegas, 1905
Date
1905
Archival Collection
Description
Clayson & Griffith supply store, Las Vegas 1905. Handwritten text on back of photo: "Midway of block below present Sal Sagev." Sign in photo reads: "Clayson & Griffith, House Furnishings, Miners, Supplies, Burros and Saddles. New and Second Good Bought and Sold."
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Group of unidentified men dressed as Indians in front of a Boy Scout event sign: photographic print
Date
1880 to 1979
Archival Collection
Description
Dorothy Bell Scans UNLV-Public Lands Institute
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Excalibur Hotel and Casino groundbreaking signage, ceremony, 3D model of the hotel/casino: video
Date
1989
Archival Collection
Description
B-roll footage related to the grounbreaking for the Excalibur Hotel and Casino. Video begins with shots of billboards and signs with renderings of the hotel; a groundbreaking stage is set with cake modeled after the hotel; a scaled model is shown in detail, people can be seen observing it under a blue-and-white striped tent. Campagne is poured into commemorative "Excalibur groundbreaking" glasses (no audio through this point). Second segment briefly has audio, opens with people in costumes for the ceremony (audio cuts back out). The cake is cut with a giant sword, people can be seen mingling and talking under the tent next to the Excalibur model and cake. . Original media U-matic S, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Production Company Audiovisual Collection (MS-00930) -- Digitized audiovisual material file.
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Viewpoint of desert from Mineral Park campsite: photographic print
Date
1907
Archival Collection
Description
Clyde and Blanch Jackson hand wrote an inscription on the back of the photograph that reads: "View from our tent," in Mineral Park, Arizona Territory in 1907.
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